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http://theboombox.com/happy-birthday-hip-hop/#commentsWed, 11 Aug 2010 18:15:00 +0000Carter Manesshttp://theboombox.com/happy-birthday-hip-hopContinue reading…]]>Pinpointing the actual birthday of a musical genre can be an inexact science. Did rock n' roll really begin with Elvis' swinging hips or before that in nondescript blues-oriented jam sessions in the South? Where did the blues itself start? One of the reasons hip-hop is unique is that we basically agree on an exact moment of origin.